This section of the Department’s website provides quick and easy access to agency forms, including various license, permit, and boating registration & titling applications.
The majority of the forms listed are provided in PDF and require the free Adobe Reader program to view and print. Completed forms and associated fees, if applicable, should be mailed to the address listed on the form. If you have questions about a form, need assistance, or can’t find what you’re looking for, please contact us.
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Permit Forms
- Applicable fees are application fees which are non-refundable and payment must be made at the time of application. Payment must be in the form of a check or money order (credit cards are no longer accepted for permit application fees).
- Applications and application fees must be mailed to the Permits Section (mailing address is provided on the application form) except for the Bird Banding, Scientific Collection, Threatened and Endangered Species, and Salvage Permit applications which must be sent electronically to collectionpermits@dgif.virginia.gov. These four permits must have their applications sent electronically as they are shared with agency subject matter experts before they can be approved. The application fee for these four specific permits must be mailed in (to the address listed on the permit applications) along with a completed copy of the first page of the application form.
- All applications must be complete – please ensure that you have included all necessary information on your application as incomplete applications will be returned, unprocessed to the applicant.
- Permit applicants should allow for a minimum of thirty (30) days for the receipt and processing of all applications. Applicants for Bird Banding, Scientific Collection, Threatened and Endangered Species, and Salvage Permits should anticipate more than a thirty (30) day processing time for those permit applications as those have to be reviewed and approved by Department biologists prior to issuance.
- Animal Population Control Permit
- Commercial Nuisance Animal Permit Information Materials
- Dog Field Trial Permit
NOTICE: Due to the COVID-19 health risk and the Governor’s order, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is suspending all dog field trial permits for field trials with more than 10 participants and cancelling those events until further notice. - Eel Pot Permit Application For Sale
- Eel Pot Permit Application For Personal Use
- Exhibit Wild Animals in Virginia Permit
- Falconry Regulations, Facilities, and Equipment: Examination Guidance Document
- Falconry Application
- Passage Peregrine Falcon Permit Application
- Gill Net Permit – VA Beach Only
- Grass Carp for Aquatic Vegetation Control in Private Ponds
- Haul Seine Permit to Catch Minnows and Chubs for Sale
- Haul Seine Permit to Take Fish for Personal Use
- Haul Seine Permit to Take Nongame Fish for Sale
- Hold and Sell Certain Fish, Snakes, Snapping Turtles, and Hellgrammites for Sale Permit
- Import and Possess Certain Non-Native (Exotic) Wildlife in Virginia
- Import Tilapia and Clawed Frogs
- Licensed Shooting Preserve Application
- Nonresident Harvester’s Permit to Take or Catch Fish in Back Bay and its Tributaries
- Foxhound Training Preserve Permit Conditions and Report Form
- Permit to Collect Snapping Turtles and Hellgrammites for Sale
- Permit to Deal in Furs
- Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Fish)
- Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Sunfish)
- Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Wildlife)
- Propagate and Sell Certain Raptors in Virginia
- Raccoon Hound Field Trial Permit
- NOTICE: Due to the COVID-19 health risk and the Governor’s order, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is suspending all raccoon hound field trial permits for field trials with more than 10 participants and cancelling those events until further notice.
- Special Use Authorization (Boat Landings and WMAs)
- Supplemental Amendment Form for Virginia Scientific Collection, Salvage, or Endangered Species Permit
- Taxidermy Application
- Virginia Endangered/Threatened Species Permit
- Virginia Scientific Collection or Salvage Permit
- Virginia Bird Banding Permit
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit Conditions
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit Application
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Report Form
Permits: Collecting, Holding, Exhibiting, and Releasing Wildlife
The Department enforces the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing the collection, holding, exhibiting, and release of wildlife by issuing permits and guidelines for these activities. Learn more.
License Forms
(* Form links with an asterisk meet the criteria for local treestand exemptions per §29.1-528.2 enacted in 2018.)
- Lifetime Licenses
- Resident Disabled Lifetime License (Hunting, Trapping, Freshwater Fishing, and Saltwater Fishing) *
- Non-Resident Disabled Lifetime Saltwater Fishing License
- Special Annual Basic Freshwater Fishing & Hunting Licenses for Partially Disabled Veterans
- Virginia Resident Disabled Veteran’s Lifetime License (Hunting, Freshwater Fishing) *
- Special Annual Basic Freshwater Fishing & Hunting License for Non-Resident Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans *
- Replacement/Duplicate Lifetime License Application
- Physician’s Affidavit for Disabled Hunting and Freshwater Fishing License *
- Special Guest Fishing License Application
- Certification for Domicile Resident Licenses and Permits to Hunt, Fish, or Trap in Virginia
- Youth Hunter Education Compliance Form
- Disabled Arrowgun Authorization for Special Archery Season
Boating Forms
- Which form do you need? Find out here!
- Application to Register and Title a Boat
- Certification for Boat Not Previously Registered
- Transfer when Owner is Deceased
- Transfer when Title or Bill of Sale Not Available
- Transfer by Operation of Law
- Transfer of Abandoned Boat
- Transfer of Boats Found Estray and Adrift
- Length Certification
- Change in Ownership or Registration Information
- Duplicate and Replacement Registration Card, Decals, or Title
- Motor Change
- Watercraft Sales Tax Payment
- State Assigned Hull Identification Number
- Ownership of Watercraft
- Power of Attorney for Boat Registration and Titling
- Notification of Recovery of a Stolen Boat or Motor
- Supplemental and Transfers of Liens
- Statement of Repossession
- Court Ordered Liens
- Mechanic’s Liens
- Storage Liens
- Vessel Search for Captain’s License
- Commissioner’s Report of Change of Address (Commissioner of the Revenue Use Only)
Watercraft Dealer Forms
- Dealer Licensing Fact Sheet
- Dealer Licensing Policies and Procedures
- Watercraft Dealer Bond
- Dealer or Manufacturer Demonstration Registration (Certificate of Number)
- Consumer Complaint Form
Law Forms
(* Form links with an asterisk meet the criteria for local treestand exemptions per §29.1-528.2 enacted in 2018.)
- Boating Accident Report
- Stolen Boat Report
- Physician’s Affirmation as to a Person’s Permanent Inability to Walk *
(Prerequisite for permit to shoot from vehicle as allowed in § 29.1-521.3 Code of Virginia)
Other Forms
- Fish Stocking Authorization (not for grass carp, see Permit Forms above)
- Regulatory Waterway Marker Application and Information (i.e. No Wake, Danger, Swimming Area, etc.)
- Permission to Hunt on Private Land Card
- Exempt Hunter Optional Personal Courtesy Check Card
- Hog Island WMA Timber Sale
- Turkeycock WMA Timber Sale
- Briery Creek WMA Timber Sale